[Clare Barks]

Do what works best for you. When do you feel that you have the most energy and focus to train? I’m a morning person and would personally opt to train before work, but you may be different.

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I don’t think your cortisol level is the issue here. Cortisol is always higher first thing in the morning and won’t be causing the anxiety.

You need to speak to your doctor and work on getting your anxiety under control as this is making you over think about everything. Adding assistance into the mix is only going to make you worry even more.

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Ashwagandha tends to have a calming effect, hence why it’s usually used post workout and pre-bed, but if this works for you, then there’s no problem.

I’d personally set it up as:

Am – Magnesium, D3, K2, Vit C, Curcumin, Omegas

Post Workout – Magnesium, ashwagandha

Pm – Curcumin, Omegas

Pre Sleep – Magnesium, Zinc, ashwagandha

I can’t comment on whether you need to add anything else though, without more information.

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I still feel rough today, which is extremely annoying, so I’ve had to take another rest day. I’ve managed to get a couple of walks in to keep some movement in, but I know training right now would be detrimental, so I’ll wait another day and see what tomorrow brings! On the plus side, I’ve been able to get a lot of desk work done, but my brain feels fried now, so I’m going to try and chill and rest up this evening.

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You’re over complicating things here. It’s impossible to know exactly how many calories you’re burning throughout a day, so don’t stress over trying to work that out or changing what you’re doing each day.

Set out your macros, follow a diet plan, hit a daily step target and do a duration of cardio.

Track your scale weight and how you look in the mirror and if you’re dropping too fast, bump your calories up, if you’re stalling or gaining, drop calories and/or increase output through step count or cardio duration/frequency.

Continue to follow the plan until another change needs to be made.

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Thanks folks – I usually use 2 scoops of CoR 1 hour pre workout, then during a 2 hour session I have 1 scoop performance fuel early/mid session.

Do you guys/gals recommend any other time to use it? Or primarily just use around workouts to fuel them?

You can have Cream of Rice at any time. If you want to slow down the digestion away from the workout window, you can mix with whey or Greek yoghurt and add some nut butter/nuts/seeds, with some berries for a delicious meal. You could also have a whole food meal of meat/fish and veg, then have the COR as your carb source separately as a dessert.

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Hi Alexander. What injury have you got? Can you not train anything upper body at all or at least get some form of movement in?

Torn nerve on right shoulder, can train left side[/quote]

I agree with Michaela then, if you’re unable to do anything upper right now. Quads, off, glutes, off, hamstrings/calves, off, repeat.

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A busy day of work for me today. I woke up through the night with a fever and this morning got up with a headache, sore throat and general snotty mess, so I took today as an extra rest. It seemed to come out of nowhere as I felt completely fine yesterday! I’m doubling up on my cure-coming, D3 and vitamin C and will hopefully kick it fast. Very annoying, but it is what it is. I’ve taken the opportunity to get some extra work done instead.

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Yes, there is no problem doing this. The consistency of the protein powder may get altered, but the nutritional value won’t be affected.

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Hi Alexander. What injury have you got? Can you not train anything upper body at all or at least get some form of movement in?

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A busy day today. Starting off with an Upper session, which went really well. Loving the sled pushes atm! This afternoon I had a bit of client work to get through, as well as putting some plans in motion for a new work adventure, which is exciting

Wide grip Lat pull down x2
Back row x 2
Pullover x2
Incline Press x2
Dips x2
Tricep overhead ext/Cable Bicep curls x 3
Sled push s/s farmers walks – x 4 lengths each

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If you’re in a gaining phase and not gaining, then you simply need to eat more. Your output isn’t extensively high, so I would bump calories by another 300 initially and go from there. Are you struggling to get the food in?

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I’d be hesitant to change your split. If it worked well for you whilst you were gaining, then there’s not necessarily any reason why you need to change anything. As you get deeper into a cut, you may need to adjust volume or switch out some less stable free weight movements, otherwise I’d keep things as they are.

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Today is a rest day. I did something different this morning with some hill sprints. I ran for 2km, then did 6 x hill sprints (walking back down), then jogged the 2km home. I used to do this a lot in the past and loved it. I did a lot of sprinting when I was younger in school and county athletics and miss that feeling, so I am going to continue incorporating some form of sprinting around my new routine moving forward.

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It will largely depend on how far away from training you have your pre and post meals, but having carbs and electrolytes throughout a session can be very useful, both in a gaining phase, to get in extra calories and during a cutting phase, for additional readily available energy. Having an EAA serving mid session is also an opportunity to get an extra protein feeding in.

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